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BLUNTLY SPEAKING
See Perlm utter's Column on Page Five
At Camp David
Egypt-Israel Search For Peace
Vol. XXXIV No. 27,Thursday, February 22,1979 Price Fifteen Cents
WASHINGTON - Representa-
tives of Egypt and Israel returned to
Camp David in an attempt to com-
plete the peace process set in motion
last fall at the Presidential retreat.
A spokesman said the negotiations
would probably last through the
weekend.
Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan of
Israel and Prime Minister Mustafa
Khalil of Egypt opened their talks at
Camp David in the company of
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance.
President Carter is expected to join
the talks later.
The State Department expressed
hope that this week's talks would
lead to a treaty, but President Car-
ter said he would be willing to call a
new summit session with President
Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and Prime
Minister Menachem Begin of Israel,
if necessary.
"I will do whatever I can to
promote the success of the Camp
David negotiations, including the
calling of another summit confer-
ence if that should be necessary and
the parties show adequate flexibil-
ity," Mr. Carter said.
In addition to the Foreign Minis-
ter, the Israeli delegation includes
Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir;
Meir Rosenne, the Foreign Minis-
try's legal advisor; Eliahu Ben-Elis-
sar, director general of the Prime
Minister's Office; Brig. Gen. Eph-
raim Poran, Begin's military aide;
Ephraim Evron, Israel's Ambassa-
dor to the U.S.; Yehuda Blum, Is-
rael's Ambassador to the United
Nations; and Dayan's two political
Continued on Page Six
Iranian Jewish Students Face
Psychological-Financial Upheavals
ALBANY, N.Y. (JTA) - There
are many hundreds, perhaps thou-
sands of Iranian Jewish students in
America as part of a larger general
group of Iranian students, most of
them in schools in the Southwest.
Because of the upheaval in Iran,
many of these students, including
the Jews, are suffering from finan-
cial and psychological problems.
Behzad Khajehzadeh, an Iranian
Jewish graduate student who lives
here with his wife, Libby Jochno-
witz, discussed the unique problems
that the Jewish students are facing.
Although the students may need
help, Khajehzadeh said, they will not
seek out the American Jewish com-
munity. "They consider themselves
more Iranian than Jewish," he said.
"No Jew who comes from a country
where it is a disadvantage to be a
Jew will declare himself a Jew when
he arrives in the United States," he
explained. "Iranian Jews don't think
of American Jews as Jews, but as
Americans. After all of the years of
a minority, they're afraid to identify
with a minority group here."
Since they're "embarrassed" to
by Rochelle Saidel Wolk
reach out to the Jewish community,
Khajehzadeh stressed the impor-
tance of the community reaching out
to them. "This will have to be an
active effort," he said, "because
otherwise they won't admit that
they're Jews. They have to be told
that diversity is okay in America
and that American Jews are their
friends."
A Jewish official in Oklahoma dis-
cussed some of the problems he has
confronted in dealing with the 75
Iranian Jewish students in the state,
and his descriptions echoed Khajeh-
zadeh's. The Oklahoma City Jewish
Community Council, along with the
Tulsa Jewish Federation and the
University of Oklahoma Hillel at
Continued on Page Six
Solon Charges
U.S. Government Distorts
Problems Of Nicaragua
WASHINGTON-The Carter
Administration has "grossly
distorted" the extent of violence in
Nicaragua picturing it as a "land of
suppression and violence," ac-
cording to a congressman who
recently returned from a trip there.
"The U.S. is encouraging
revolutionary activity in the name of
human rights," Rept. George
Hansen (R-Idaho) said at a press
conference.
Before leaving for Nicaragua,
Rabin To Participate
In Four Bonds Events
Former Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin will be in Boston Mar.
6-7 to take part in four events on
behalf of Israel Bonds, it was an-
nounced by Greater Boston Israel
Bond general chairman Melvin A.
Ross.
Two of the events will be held for
members of the Prime Minister's
Club and Ambassador's Society of
Trustees, a dinner Mar. 6, hosted by
Israel Consul General and Mrs.
Michael Bavly at their home and a
breakfast for North Shore members
of the two Israel Bond honor
societies on Mar. 7, hosted by North
Shore Israel Bond chairman Harvey
Kirstein, at Summit Estates in
Swampscott.
On Mar. 6, there will also be a
luncheon at Temple Emanuel of
Newton for members of the Greater
Boston Campaign Cabinet and
Rabbinic Cabinet, headed by Melvin
A. Ross and New England Rabbinic
Cabinet chairman, Rabbi Richard
Yellin, and a New Leadership
News Highlights
DUTCH PROMOTE ARAB
TOURISM TO HOLLAND
AMSTERDAM (JTA)-The Dutch
national tourist office has started a
campaign to promote Arab tourism
to Holland. Arabs who until now
used to spend their vacations in
London seem to be tiring of that city.
ARAB CAPITAL INVESTED
IN U.S. AIRLINES
Braniff. At the same time, Kuwait
has invested some $700 million in
these airline companies. The report
says that Abu Dhabi is now the third
largest partner in TWA, whose
planes link America and Israel.
EGYPTIANS HONOR CARTER
IN SONG AND PRAYER
CAIRO, (ZINS)-Jimmy Carter's
popularity in Egypt has inspired
Hansen said he was contacted by the
State Department and warned that M
he was risking his life by going to meeting later that day, coordinated
Nicaragua. by Boston New Leadership chair-
man Lewis Cohen and Dr. Arne
The Sandamsta revolutionaries, a Catkin
group of pro-Marxist terrorists,
have been reported to be waging a
guerrilla war against the govern-
ment of Nicaraguan President
Anastasio Somoza. But Hansen said
he was shocked at how peaceful and
safe the country was.
"My investigations and ob-
servations reveal a shockingly
exaggerated and grossly distorted
picture of the situation in Central
America, particularly in reference
to Nicaragua," he said. Hansen
charged that the Carter Ad-
ministration is "bullying"
Nicaragua to force Somoza from
Continued on Page Six
Yitzhak Rabin
Louis Spero, president of the
Boston Prime Minister's Club, noted
that he and other local members of
the club have just returned from
Israel where they attended the 1979
Prime Minister's Conference of
Israel Bonds.
Continued on Page Six
Report Sharansky Kept
In Solitary Since His Arrest
NEW YORK,-For the second time
since his conviction, Anatoly
Sharansky has been denied per-
mission to have his relatives visit
him in prison, reports his brother,
Leonid. He says prison authorities Anatoly Sharansky
have given no explanation for the several fronts, the
cancellation of a visit to Chistopol
Prison, scheduled for February.
Under Soviet law, prisoners in
NEW YORK, (ZINS)--Arab special prayers for his health, ac-
capital which is now being invested cording to the semi-official
in U.S. airlines could lead to Arab newspaper, Al Akhbar. According to
control of the management of these the newspaper, some Egyptians are
companies, which are still flying to naming their newborn after the
Israel. According to a report in American President, and poets have
Interview (a highly respected composed ballads in which they
journal of flying news), the Persian describe Carter as the "messenger
Gulf state of Abu Dhabi has already of peace." In one of the corn-
invested $900 million in the stocks of positions, there is included the
TWA Airlines, United, Eastern and following: "May the Almighty,
Allah, send you a speedy recovery.
May the illness which has plagued
you be visited upon some unjust
ruler but not you, Carter." In
another place it is written: "the
Zionists are ungrateful for the peace
734-5000
RED CAB
Continued on Page Six
Capucci Denied Entry To Mexico
MEXICO CITY [ZINS] Mexico is the only Latin American
country which denied entry to the Christian Arab religious figure,
Hilarian Capucci, who had been convicted of smuggling arms to the
Palestinian terrorists. After being released from an Israeli prison,
Capucci began a tour to a number of countries in Latin America
where he spoke against Israel. The action by the Mexican govern-
ment, in refusing Capucci entry, met with great satisfaction among
the Jewish population and proved once again the friendly policies
towards Israel which have been displayed by Mexican President
Casa Lopez Portillo.
Well-informed and reliable sources also add that the decision of
the Mexican government with respect to Capucci was not only the
result of the intervention of many factors that are friendly towards
the Jewish community in Mexico, but also because of intervention
by influential Arab Christians in Mexico, especially from the
Syrian and Lebanese communities and members of the local
Christian "Club Lebanese" which made their influence felt with the
government officials to insure that Capucci should be declared a
persona non grata by the Mexican government.
Sharansky's category may have two
visits a year. Leonid Sharansky says
the next opportunity to visit his
brother would be August.
Although the struggle to free
continues on
Soviets have
shown no inclination to accede to
these requests. In fact, his situation
appears to have deteriorated
recently.
Some months ago Sharansky was
moved from Vladimir Prison, about
100 miles from Moscow, to Chistopol
Prison, 500 miles further east.
Vladimir houses a number of
political prisoners, but Chistopol is a
criminal detention center.
We now learn in a letter sent to the
National Conference by Sharansky's
wife, Avital, that he has been kept in
solitary confinement ever since his
arrest nearly two years ago.
"It is 22 months already that he is
being kept in isolation, which is
against any law existing in the
Soviet Union. Long term isolation of
prisoners was recognized by Am-
nesty International as a form of
torture, and indeed, it is. Former
prisoners of Soviet prisons have told
Continued on Page Six
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BLUNTLY SPEAKING
See Perlm utter's Column on Page Five
At Camp David
Egypt-Israel Search For Peace
Vol. XXXIV No. 27,Thursday, February 22,1979 Price Fifteen Cents
WASHINGTON - Representa-
tives of Egypt and Israel returned to
Camp David in an attempt to com-
plete the peace process set in motion
last fall at the Presidential retreat.
A spokesman said the negotiations
would probably last through the
weekend.
Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan of
Israel and Prime Minister Mustafa
Khalil of Egypt opened their talks at
Camp David in the company of
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance.
President Carter is expected to join
the talks later.
The State Department expressed
hope that this week's talks would
lead to a treaty, but President Car-
ter said he would be willing to call a
new summit session with President
Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and Prime
Minister Menachem Begin of Israel,
if necessary.
"I will do whatever I can to
promote the success of the Camp
David negotiations, including the
calling of another summit confer-
ence if that should be necessary and
the parties show adequate flexibil-
ity," Mr. Carter said.
In addition to the Foreign Minis-
ter, the Israeli delegation includes
Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir;
Meir Rosenne, the Foreign Minis-
try's legal advisor; Eliahu Ben-Elis-
sar, director general of the Prime
Minister's Office; Brig. Gen. Eph-
raim Poran, Begin's military aide;
Ephraim Evron, Israel's Ambassa-
dor to the U.S.; Yehuda Blum, Is-
rael's Ambassador to the United
Nations; and Dayan's two political
Continued on Page Six
Iranian Jewish Students Face
Psychological-Financial Upheavals
ALBANY, N.Y. (JTA) - There
are many hundreds, perhaps thou-
sands of Iranian Jewish students in
America as part of a larger general
group of Iranian students, most of
them in schools in the Southwest.
Because of the upheaval in Iran,
many of these students, including
the Jews, are suffering from finan-
cial and psychological problems.
Behzad Khajehzadeh, an Iranian
Jewish graduate student who lives
here with his wife, Libby Jochno-
witz, discussed the unique problems
that the Jewish students are facing.
Although the students may need
help, Khajehzadeh said, they will not
seek out the American Jewish com-
munity. "They consider themselves
more Iranian than Jewish," he said.
"No Jew who comes from a country
where it is a disadvantage to be a
Jew will declare himself a Jew when
he arrives in the United States," he
explained. "Iranian Jews don't think
of American Jews as Jews, but as
Americans. After all of the years of
a minority, they're afraid to identify
with a minority group here."
Since they're "embarrassed" to
by Rochelle Saidel Wolk
reach out to the Jewish community,
Khajehzadeh stressed the impor-
tance of the community reaching out
to them. "This will have to be an
active effort," he said, "because
otherwise they won't admit that
they're Jews. They have to be told
that diversity is okay in America
and that American Jews are their
friends."
A Jewish official in Oklahoma dis-
cussed some of the problems he has
confronted in dealing with the 75
Iranian Jewish students in the state,
and his descriptions echoed Khajeh-
zadeh's. The Oklahoma City Jewish
Community Council, along with the
Tulsa Jewish Federation and the
University of Oklahoma Hillel at
Continued on Page Six
Solon Charges
U.S. Government Distorts
Problems Of Nicaragua
WASHINGTON-The Carter
Administration has "grossly
distorted" the extent of violence in
Nicaragua picturing it as a "land of
suppression and violence," ac-
cording to a congressman who
recently returned from a trip there.
"The U.S. is encouraging
revolutionary activity in the name of
human rights," Rept. George
Hansen (R-Idaho) said at a press
conference.
Before leaving for Nicaragua,
Rabin To Participate
In Four Bonds Events
Former Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin will be in Boston Mar.
6-7 to take part in four events on
behalf of Israel Bonds, it was an-
nounced by Greater Boston Israel
Bond general chairman Melvin A.
Ross.
Two of the events will be held for
members of the Prime Minister's
Club and Ambassador's Society of
Trustees, a dinner Mar. 6, hosted by
Israel Consul General and Mrs.
Michael Bavly at their home and a
breakfast for North Shore members
of the two Israel Bond honor
societies on Mar. 7, hosted by North
Shore Israel Bond chairman Harvey
Kirstein, at Summit Estates in
Swampscott.
On Mar. 6, there will also be a
luncheon at Temple Emanuel of
Newton for members of the Greater
Boston Campaign Cabinet and
Rabbinic Cabinet, headed by Melvin
A. Ross and New England Rabbinic
Cabinet chairman, Rabbi Richard
Yellin, and a New Leadership
News Highlights
DUTCH PROMOTE ARAB
TOURISM TO HOLLAND
AMSTERDAM (JTA)-The Dutch
national tourist office has started a
campaign to promote Arab tourism
to Holland. Arabs who until now
used to spend their vacations in
London seem to be tiring of that city.
ARAB CAPITAL INVESTED
IN U.S. AIRLINES
Braniff. At the same time, Kuwait
has invested some $700 million in
these airline companies. The report
says that Abu Dhabi is now the third
largest partner in TWA, whose
planes link America and Israel.
EGYPTIANS HONOR CARTER
IN SONG AND PRAYER
CAIRO, (ZINS)-Jimmy Carter's
popularity in Egypt has inspired
Hansen said he was contacted by the
State Department and warned that M
he was risking his life by going to meeting later that day, coordinated
Nicaragua. by Boston New Leadership chair-
man Lewis Cohen and Dr. Arne
The Sandamsta revolutionaries, a Catkin
group of pro-Marxist terrorists,
have been reported to be waging a
guerrilla war against the govern-
ment of Nicaraguan President
Anastasio Somoza. But Hansen said
he was shocked at how peaceful and
safe the country was.
"My investigations and ob-
servations reveal a shockingly
exaggerated and grossly distorted
picture of the situation in Central
America, particularly in reference
to Nicaragua," he said. Hansen
charged that the Carter Ad-
ministration is "bullying"
Nicaragua to force Somoza from
Continued on Page Six
Yitzhak Rabin
Louis Spero, president of the
Boston Prime Minister's Club, noted
that he and other local members of
the club have just returned from
Israel where they attended the 1979
Prime Minister's Conference of
Israel Bonds.
Continued on Page Six
Report Sharansky Kept
In Solitary Since His Arrest
NEW YORK,-For the second time
since his conviction, Anatoly
Sharansky has been denied per-
mission to have his relatives visit
him in prison, reports his brother,
Leonid. He says prison authorities Anatoly Sharansky
have given no explanation for the several fronts, the
cancellation of a visit to Chistopol
Prison, scheduled for February.
Under Soviet law, prisoners in
NEW YORK, (ZINS)--Arab special prayers for his health, ac-
capital which is now being invested cording to the semi-official
in U.S. airlines could lead to Arab newspaper, Al Akhbar. According to
control of the management of these the newspaper, some Egyptians are
companies, which are still flying to naming their newborn after the
Israel. According to a report in American President, and poets have
Interview (a highly respected composed ballads in which they
journal of flying news), the Persian describe Carter as the "messenger
Gulf state of Abu Dhabi has already of peace." In one of the corn-
invested $900 million in the stocks of positions, there is included the
TWA Airlines, United, Eastern and following: "May the Almighty,
Allah, send you a speedy recovery.
May the illness which has plagued
you be visited upon some unjust
ruler but not you, Carter." In
another place it is written: "the
Zionists are ungrateful for the peace
734-5000
RED CAB
Continued on Page Six
Capucci Denied Entry To Mexico
MEXICO CITY [ZINS] Mexico is the only Latin American
country which denied entry to the Christian Arab religious figure,
Hilarian Capucci, who had been convicted of smuggling arms to the
Palestinian terrorists. After being released from an Israeli prison,
Capucci began a tour to a number of countries in Latin America
where he spoke against Israel. The action by the Mexican govern-
ment, in refusing Capucci entry, met with great satisfaction among
the Jewish population and proved once again the friendly policies
towards Israel which have been displayed by Mexican President
Casa Lopez Portillo.
Well-informed and reliable sources also add that the decision of
the Mexican government with respect to Capucci was not only the
result of the intervention of many factors that are friendly towards
the Jewish community in Mexico, but also because of intervention
by influential Arab Christians in Mexico, especially from the
Syrian and Lebanese communities and members of the local
Christian "Club Lebanese" which made their influence felt with the
government officials to insure that Capucci should be declared a
persona non grata by the Mexican government.
Sharansky's category may have two
visits a year. Leonid Sharansky says
the next opportunity to visit his
brother would be August.
Although the struggle to free
continues on
Soviets have
shown no inclination to accede to
these requests. In fact, his situation
appears to have deteriorated
recently.
Some months ago Sharansky was
moved from Vladimir Prison, about
100 miles from Moscow, to Chistopol
Prison, 500 miles further east.
Vladimir houses a number of
political prisoners, but Chistopol is a
criminal detention center.
We now learn in a letter sent to the
National Conference by Sharansky's
wife, Avital, that he has been kept in
solitary confinement ever since his
arrest nearly two years ago.
"It is 22 months already that he is
being kept in isolation, which is
against any law existing in the
Soviet Union. Long term isolation of
prisoners was recognized by Am-
nesty International as a form of
torture, and indeed, it is. Former
prisoners of Soviet prisons have told
Continued on Page Six
AVAILABLE THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 1979!!!
10.244 6 MONTH MONEY
ON 9"62 = MARKET CERTIFICATES
CORNER CO-OPERATIVE BANK 1320 ^BSSMSSSSET'
Effective
ANNUAL YIELD
Bank By Mall... We Pay Postage Both Ways - All Deposits Insured In Full
MINIMUM OEPOSITOFS10, AMuminaCorlifkates Are Renewed At The Same Role for Additional 6 Month
1320 BEACON STREET, BROOKLINE
TELEPHONE 232-2800